A lover in life will be a lover in death, a lover in the tomb, a lover in paradise, a lover on the day of resurrection.

God has allowed some magical reversal to occur, so that you see the scorpion pit as an object of desire, and all the beautiful expanse around it as dangerous and swarming with snakes.

We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water. Milk drinkers draw close to the mother. Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, shamans, everyone hears the intelligent sound and moves with thirst to meet it.

The meaning of poetry has no sureness of direction; is like the sling, it is not under control.

Judge the moth by the beauty of the candle

The chess master says nothing, other than moving the silient chess piece.

Last night you left me and slept your own deep sleep. Tonight you turn and turn. I say, 'You and I will be together till the Universe dissolves.' You mumble back things you thought of when you were drunk.